Family Theater: I Give You Maggie

The Mutual Broadcasting System presents the Family Theatre starring Margaret Sullivan and Van Heflan with Donald Christ as your host. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams are. Good evening.

This is Donald Christ. Since I'm your host this evening, perhaps I ought to tell you what you to expect in the next half hour. I'd better begin by telling you that this program, Family Theatre, got its name because it's dedicated to your family. You know the word family can mean a lot of things. It can

mean bitterness and struggle, or it can mean love and companionship, and all the most wonderful things in the world. Now all of us who are part of the family theatre, and that includes so many of you who listen, well, we feel that prayer, family prayer, can make the difference between an unhappy and a happy home. We have a simple conviction, a family that

prays together, stays together. Well, now you know why we call this program the Family Theater. But that doesn't mean you can expect a lot of preaching, far from it. Tonight you can expect some mighty fine entertainment. You'll hear an original story by Walter Newman with a splendid cast. So let's listen to the play

I give you Maggie starring Margaret Sullivan and Van Heffern. The scene of our play opens in New York City on an October afternoon. In the living room of a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a party is being held in honor of a young novelist Tom Paggitt.

Two women, Mrs. Paggitt and Daphne Lewis, literary editor, are leaving the crowded room. Yeah, that's better. Have you ever heard anything noisier than a literary cocktail party, Mrs. Padgett? This is the first I ever attended.